Learn how to investigate fraud, financial, and white collar crime and develop analytical skills with a minor in forensic accounting at Franciscan University.
Financial accounting is a field of investigation used to prevent and detect fraud through analysis and identification of financial records of individuals, businesses, or other agencies. Fraudulent schemes encountered in the criminal justice system include embezzlement, fraudulent financial reporting, and misappropriation of funds.
Students who pursue a forensic accounting minor often pursue careers investigating and providing litigation support to police departments, accounting firms, banks, and government agencies. With a minor in forensic accounting, a student will be equipped to acquire and preserve evidence, sharpen accounting skills, and develop the investigative skills necessary to pursue a future career in accounting or criminal justice.
Here are just a few other ways Franciscan’s forensic accounting minor degree program stands out from the rest:
- Financial aid and scholarships: The program provides for student groups and associations that have funding opportunities for continued study including Alpha Phi Sigma – the National Criminal Justice Honor Society and Lambda Phi Epsilon- the CRJ professional association. In addition, many private security companies and military branches offer scholarships for majors who qualify. Visit the Franciscan Office of Financial Aid for more information.
- Online classes: Fulfill degree program requirements while taking some classes online. Online classes for forensic accounting offer academic opportunities similar to the classes on campus in Steubenville, Ohio, plus flexibility and accessibility.
- Applied learning: Gain practical experience through real-world interaction with justice operations. Minoring in forensic accounting, you’ll have the opportunity to take a critical approach to discerning best practices in the discipline with a first-hand look at what works and what doesn’t.
- Undergraduate research: Receive one-on-one mentoring from faculty members who share the Catholic faith. Collaborate with local justice agencies in Steubenville, Ohio, and the surrounding communities in the tri-state area to conduct and analyze research on problems in the criminal justice system. Work directly with faculty who are published authors as research assistants. Become part of the Center for Criminal Justice, Law and Ethics and its many activities.
- Program faculty: Faculty members are scholar-practitioners who blend theory and practice by advancing the most current and cutting-edge knowledge and protocols in justice operations, then test those concepts in a practical, applied setting. Faculty members are actively engaged in meaningful, applied research that benefits the criminal justice system at large, advances the university’s Catholic mission, and adheres to Catholic ideals and teachings. All faculty in CRJ have high academic and professional expectations for our majors.
The Center for Criminal Justice, Law, and Ethics at Franciscan University seeks to change the landscape of the justice system nationally and internationally by:
- forming justice professionals who measure justice by perennial principles of the natural law and Catholic moral tradition,
- advancing the integration of natural law principles into justice operations
Founded on the understanding that the most effective justice system be grounded in the natural law, the Center for Criminal Justice, Law, and Ethics achieves its goals through initiatives that reach into the professional practitioner community and university students in order to ethical leaders who act consistently with the principles of the natural law and our Judeo-Christian and Catholic heritage.
View the Forensic Accounting Minor Program on the Undergraduate Catalog.
Get involved on campus and in the surrounding Ohio community through student clubs and events, such as:
• Alpha Phi Sigma honor society
• Lambda Alpha Epsilon criminal justice professional society
• St. Thomas More Society for Catholic law
• Career Days for jobs in criminal justice
Criminal justice majors and their clubs often sponsor crime awareness events, such as “Take Back the Night”.
In addition to Franciscan’s study abroad program in Gaming, Austria, you’ll have opportunities for international studies, travel, and experiences through the criminal justice degree program’s relationships with Scotland Yard and the Australian and Canadian police systems, as well as partnerships with justice agencies in countries willing to articulate with Franciscan University.
With an intentionally designed curriculum rooted in the Catholic faith, Franciscan University’s degree program in criminal justice has a long-term goal to earn accreditation by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
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